Archive for September, 2009
Ad Asks AFL-CIO’s Trumka About Union Pensions
The Free Enterprise Alliance is running a new billboard in Pittsburgh, where top AFL-CIO leaders are meeting this week. The simple question relates to underfunded union pensions and asks new federation president Richard Trumka: “What’s Your Plan?”
Click here to see the entire billboard graphic.
Also, check out our new page explaining the link between failing union pensions and the desperate drive to pass the Employee Free Choice Act.
House Republicans Battle Jobs-Killing Card Check and Employee Free Choice Act
Over at FreedomProject.org, they are kind enough to link to the Free Enterprise Alliance’s latest ad highlighting the Employee Free Choice Act’s threat to jobs. They also point out that:
House Republicans introduced the Secret Ballot Protection Act to “permanently safeguard a worker’s right to a secret ballot union election in the workplace.”
Such protections are critical if our goal is to create new jobs and grow the economy. A recent nonpartisan study found that card check could destroy millions of jobs
ABC, Specter, and Card Check
The Employee Free Choice Act got another blip of news today as Sen. Arlen Specter said he and a small group of other Democrats have
Sen. Arlen Specter Targeted On Card Check
The National Right To Work Committee has a new TV spot up in Pennsylvania, where the AFL-CIO is convening and where Sen. Arlen Specter is expected to play a pivotal role.
The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review sums up the new ad:
In the new 60-second advertisement, an unseen narrator says, “It seems Senator Specter has a hard time deciding which side he wants to stand with,” and the ad warns that “millions of workers and small businesses would be forced under big labor control in the blink of an eye” if the bill passes. The spot closes by asking viewers to call Specter’s office and urge him to vote against any version of the bill.
Certainly any encouragement Pennsylvanians have for Sen. Specter to do the right thing is encouraged. Click here to see the Free Enterprise Alliance’s ongoing effort in Pennsylvania outside the AFL-CIO convention.
Billboard Warns: EFCA Means No Work Available
The Free Enterprise Alliance has put up a new billboard heading into Pittsburgh — the site of the AFL-CIO’s convention — with a simple reminder: The Employee Free Choice Act will kill jobs.
We wonder how union bosses and politicians will enjoy the greeting — certainly it can’t be worse than the response working Americans will have to the job-killing bill.
Click the pic to see the whole sign.
UPDATE: The Chamber adds, “Union Leaders Should Put Jobs and the Economy First”
We’ll Take “Not Union Bosses” For $100, Alex
That’s the answer to Diana Furchtgott-Roth’s question, “Who
